# Frankfurt
## English
### Alternative forms

* Francfort, Frankfort (obsolete)

### Etymology

From German Frankfurt.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɹæŋkfə(ɹ)t/
* Homophone: Frankfort (sometimes)
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Proper noun

Frankfurt
* Frankfurt am Main, the largest city in Hesse, in central Germany.
** (metonymically) The German financial industry.
*** 1998, Franfurter Allgemeine Zeitung GmbH Information Services, German Brief, volume 10:The poor third-quarter results from Frankfurt had the broadest impact because they spotlighted the vulnerability of the listed German universal banks to the financial crisis spreading from Asia.
** (metonymically) The European Central Bank.
*** 2014 May 9, Dan O'Brien, “Trichet like a broken record when what we need is fresh thinking”, in Irish Independent:Despite this risk, little has happened in the six months since Frankfurt cut interest rates causing one to wonder how different Draghi is from his predecessor.
* Frankfurt an der Oder, a sizable town in Brandenburg, in eastern Germany.

#### Derived terms

* Frankfurt case
* Frankfurt kitchen
* frankfurter
* frank
* Frankfurt School

#### Translations
## Catalan
### Etymology

From German Frankfurt.

### Proper noun

Frankfurt m
* Frankfurt, Frankfurt-am-Main (the largest city in Hesse, in central Germany)
    Synonym: Frankfurt del Main
* Frankfurt, Frankfurt-an-der-Oder (a sizable town in Brandenburg, in eastern Germany)
    Synonym: Frankfurt de l'Oder

#### Derived terms

* frankfurt
* salsitxa de Frankfurt

## German
### Etymology

Literally, “ford of the Franks”, from Franke and Furt (“ford”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfʁaŋkfʊʁt/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Frankfurt n (proper noun, genitive Frankfurts or (optionally with an article) Frankfurt, plural Frankfurt or Frankfurte or Frankfurts)
* Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main (the largest city in Hesse, in central Germany)
* Frankfurt, Frankfurt an der Oder (a town in Brandenburg, in eastern Germany)

#### Usage notes

* In former West Germany, Frankfurt invariably refers to Frankfurt am Main. In the East it is more ambiguous and both specifications are often maintained.

#### Quotations

* 1858, Austria. Wochenschrift für Volkswirthschaft und Statistik. Des X. Jahrgangs IV. Band., Wien, page 365:Im Uebrigen gewähren Leipzig, die beiden Frankfurt und Braunschweig zur Zeit der Messen lediglich dasselbe Bild, was Hamburg, Bremen, Triest, Stettin alle Tage im Jahr gewähren.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Derived terms

* Frankfurt am Main
* Frankfurt an der Oder
* Frankfurter
* frankfurterisch

## Hungarian
### Etymology

From German Frankfurt.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfrɒŋkfurt]
* Rhymes: -urt
* Hyphenation: Frank‧furt

### Proper noun

Frankfurt
* Frankfurt (the largest city in Hesse, Germany)

#### Synonyms

* Frankfurt am Main
* Majna-Frankfurt (rare)

#### Derived terms

* frankfurti

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Frankfurt.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˌfɾɐ̃k.ˈfuʁt͡ʃ/, /ˈfɾɐ̃k.fuʁt͡ʃ/

### Proper noun

Frankfurt f
* Frankfurt, Frankfurt-am-Main (the largest city in Hesse, in central Germany)
    Synonym: Francoforte
* Frankfurt, Frankfurt-an-der-Oder (a sizable town in Brandenburg, in eastern Germany)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Proper noun

Frankfurt m (Cyrillic spelling Франкфурт)
* Frankfurt, Frankfurt-am-Main (the largest city in Hesse, in central Germany)
* Frankfurt, Frankfurt-an-der-Oder (a sizable town in Brandenburg, in eastern Germany)

## Swedish
### Proper noun

Frankfurt n (genitive Frankfurts)
* Frankfurt, Frankfurt-am-Main (the largest city in Hesse, in central Germany)
* Frankfurt, Frankfurt-an-der-Oder (a sizable town in Brandenburg, in eastern Germany)